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Incidents and Disaster Avoidance: The Role of Communication Management and the Organizational Communication Climate in High-Risk Environments

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  • Shahrina Md Nordin

    (Centre of Social Innovation, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia)

  • Ammar Redza Ahmad Rizal

    (Faculty of Language and Communication, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Rafidah Abd Rashid

    (Centre of Social Innovation, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia)

  • Rohayu Che Omar

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia)

  • Unggul Priyadi

    (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta 55584, Indonesia)

Abstract

Health, safety and the working environment are of paramount importance, especially in the high-risk environments found at facilities in the oil and gas industry, where hazards are inevitable and accidents may lead to regrettable situations such as explosions, oil spills and other disasters. The high number of accidents and disasters at such facilities bring safety-related matters to the fore. The complexity of the communication process is very often underestimated, where failures in communication could lead to major disasters. This paper investigates the role of communication management and the organizational communication climate and their impact on incidents and disaster avoidance. This study embarks on a quantitative approach involving 260 personnel from high-risk workplaces at oil and gas facilities, based on purposive sampling. Hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM to identify causal relationships and for mediation analysis. The findings of this study show that communication management and the organizational communication climate have a significant impact on disaster avoidance. The organizational communication climate is also found to be a significant mediator for the relationship between communication management and disaster avoidance. Communication management and the organizational communication climate need to be enhanced and to be integrated with other technology and innovation to improve safety regulation adherence in the oil and gas industry.

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  • Shahrina Md Nordin & Ammar Redza Ahmad Rizal & Rafidah Abd Rashid & Rohayu Che Omar & Unggul Priyadi, 2021. "Incidents and Disaster Avoidance: The Role of Communication Management and the Organizational Communication Climate in High-Risk Environments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-16, September.
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